Racial Diversity Gaming Hour 41: Xbox One did not get "hundreds" of updates this year

The work week begins anew, and with it comes a brand new episode of the Racial Diversity Gaming Hour! Join Garri Bagdasarov, Ben Shillabeer-Hall, and host Glenn Gordon for more discussion about another great week in the world of gaming. There were lots of tweets this week, and we love hearing what you have to say! To join the party, just find us on Twitter @TheRDGH.

Ubisoft seems to have had a momentary lapse in judgment as its upcoming games inexplicably vanished from the Steam store last week, only to silently return some days later. Okay then, Ubisoft.

Xbox One has had “hundreds” (but not really) of new updates over the past several months, and while Microsoft’s console has not had nearly as many real improvements as Xbox’s Major Nelson would have us believe, the console has indeed gotten a lot better over time. In fact, RDGH host Glenn Gordon actually bought his first Xbox, and now that he officially owns both consoles, he has some perspective on Xbox, PlayStation, and the console war as a whole to share with everyone.

Xbox is doing well in other areas too; combined, Xbox One and Xbox 360 managed to sell just a bit more of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare than PlayStation’s combined efforts, but perhaps not decisively so. BlizzCon has come and gone, leaving new information in its wake, including a new FPS and posters for the upcoming World of Warcraft movie.

All of this and much more comprises the latest episode of RDGH. Come back next week for episode 42. Until then, remember to avoid discrimination against video game platforms based on color or manufacturer. In other words, don’t be a racist.

1. See and manage your storage space 2. Control your install lineup and more easily manage your download queue 3. Separate My Games and My Apps lists so you can easily create separate queues for both 4. Track how much battery life is left on your controller 5. Support for your USB keyboard with your Xbox One

March Updates

6. Friends list moved to front and center on the homepage of the Friends app 7. Party chat turns on by default 8. Chat with friends playing different games 9. “Invite friends to game” option available in your multiplayer titles 10. See a list of “Recent Players” 11. Twitch live streaming support 12. Optical out supports 5.1 Dolby Digital 13. Support for Dolby Digital surround sound over HDMI 14. Support for 50Hz output for TV 15. Tailor the number of volume up/down adjustments 16. SmartGlass updates: Receive notifications of Xbox Live messages, check out what your friends are doing, see their latest highlight clips, and unsnap apps with SmartGlass 17. Support for new Xbox One accessories: Xbox One Stereo Headset and Adapter, Xbox One Media Remote, and third party headsets 18. Browser improvements: Direct link to IE, new gesture and controller features for Bing and Google maps, and search improvements 19. IR blasting of power and volume to TVs/AVRs for all regions 20. Easy sound bar setup 21. View Game Clips in Snap mode 22. Passkey feature to protect user settings

April Updates

23. Support for 50Hzoutput for Blu-ray 24. Controller and headset adaptor firmware updates that reduce audio static and improve wireless connectivity 25. Silent reboot after system updates and system update on demand 26. Improved GameDVR video quality through compression algorithm improvements 27. Kinect voice and motion improvements for quality and reliability of Xbox One commands 28. Game save progress bar shows the status of your game saves 29. See what games and apps are being updated or have been updated recently 30. Notifications to see when favorites and friends sign in to Xbox Live 31. Friends who are in multiplayer are identified in the friends list

May Updates

32. Sound Mixer for apps in Snap mode 33. Volume control when using Kinect with chat 34. Opt-in to help improve speech recognition 35. Take the next system update when you want

June Updates

36. External storage support 37. The ability to add your real name 38. OneGuide and Universal Remote Control added to SmartGlass 39. Select an account for automatic sign-in 40. For Xbox One owners in Canada and Europe, access to OneGuide and more TV, SmartGlass, and voice features 41. Games with Gold & Deals with Gold 42. All Xbox Live members can access popular gaming and entertainment apps without a Gold membership

48. Activity feed updates: New ways for you to interact with friends in the activity feed 49. Mobile purchase from SmartGlass or Xbox.com 50. Low battery notification 51. Disable notifications during video 52. Enabling 3D Blu-ray 53. OneGuide in Brazil, Mexico, Austria and Ireland 54. Last seen time in Friends list 55. Pre-order and pre-download titles

September Updates

56. Expanded Friends area on Home 57. A new Media Player app for USB and DLNA playback 58. Improved Party app with party leader settings 59. New features for SmartGlass: Post status messages from the Activity Feed and comments, share items from both your Activity Feed and Game Clips, personalized Activity Feed added to your profile, threaded messages, record game clips directly from the Now Playing bar, What’s New page highlighting the features of each release 60. “Xbox On” capabilities in Australia, Canada (French), Italy, Spain, Mexico and Brazil 61. Boot directly to television when coming out of connected standby 62. Manage controllers and other accessories under Settings – Devices & Accessories 63. Bandwidth Usage shows users how much bandwidth their Xbox One is consuming over a period of time 64. Choose multiple GameDVR clips to delete at once in the Upload app 65. Save Avatar Gamerpics to users’ OneDrive

66. Snap Center updated to include quick access to Friends, Messages, Achievements, Game DVR, clock and battery indicator 67. Friends Snap App 68. Messages Snap App 69. Achievements App 70. See a list of top games in your profile and your friend’s most popular games in the Friend's section of SmartGlass 71. Improvements for TV and video 72. Media Player DLNA and MKV support 73. Live TV Trending based on your country and OneGuide settings 74. USB-attached Xbox One Digital TV Tuner available in Europe (UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain) 75. Stream TV to SmartGlass with the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner 76. Live TV MiniGuide for markets where OneGuide is available 77. OneGuide in 12 new countries 78. Apps with live TV channels include their TV listings within OneGuide and other Xbox TV features work with these apps 79. Universal remote control in SmartGlass 80. Live TV initial setup experience 81. Live TV cable & satellite box auto-detection 82. Updated Devices & Accessories page 83. Firmware updates 84. Find my Controller to easily find (or identify) a controller by making it vibrate 85. Hide Games & Apps on your console 86. Password resets and added protection made easier

November Updates

87. Custom backgrounds 88. Share your location and bio as part of your profile and select a set of showcase items that are displayed 89. Tweet about your favorite game clips 90. Live TV Trending 91. Twitter TV Trending 92. Xbox TV Trending 93. Tweets in MiniGuide 94. Recents and Favorites in MiniGuide 95. Store pages on Xbox One improved to quickly browse and find content 96. Friends’ game activity on SmartGlass 97. Games with Gold & Deals with Gold on SmartGlass 98. SmartGlass Store improved to easily find and download apps for your Xbox One, and a Coming Soon filter for Games and Add Ons 99. Easily snap from a full screen experience and move Internet Explorer into snap mode 100. Internet Explorer featured sites 101. My Stats shared in Preview dashboard 102. Leaderboard added that shows how you stack up against your friends